Adjustable picture-fram e hanger



(No Model.) 1 I v E. WILKINSON. ADJUSTABLE PICTURE FRAMEYHANGIER. No.360,982. Patented Apr. 12, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

EDWARD WILKINSON, OF PATERSON, NEYV JERSEY, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-HALF TOEDWIN P. WEN'IWVORTH, .OF CAPE ELIZABETH, MAINE. 4

ADJUSTABLE PICTURE-FRAME. HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 360,982, dated April12, 1887. Application tiled September 11. 1886. Serial No. 213,815. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it hwy concern.-

7 Be it known that I, EDWARD WILKINSON, a gltizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey,have invented a new and useful Improvernent in Adjustable Picture FrameHzmgers, of which the following is a specifica 10]].

.This invention relates to an adjustable picture-frame hanger, having.for its object the provision of means whereby a picture, card, or mapframe may be adjusted at any desired angle to the wall upon which it ishung without removing it therefrom; and to this end the inventionconsists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of theseveral parts,

.substantially as hereinafter fully set forth, and

vided with perforations a a, for the insertion of nails or screws forattaching it to the back of a picture or other frame at or about thecenter. Formed integral with'this plate is an outwardly-projecting disk,B, having an annular flange, 1), extending outwardly from one side andflared outwardly or beveled on its inner side.

G designates a disk fitting within and abutting against theflange b ofthe disk B, this disk 0 being also provided with an annular flange, a,which rests against theflange b. The outer edge or periphery of theflange a is also beveled or flared, so as to bear with frictionalcontact against the flange b of the disk B. This frictional contactserves to effectually preventthe sections or disks from slipping oneupon the other. V

D designates a bolt, pin,or rivet, having its head (1 on the outside ofdisk B and its body passing through central aligned perforations in eachof the disks B C to the outside of the latter, where it is provided witha thumb-nut, (1 The object of this nut is to bind the disk 0 against thedisk B, so as to prevent the former from moving. The flange of the diskB is provided around its edge with notches or teeth b, thepurpose ofwhich will be presently explained.

E designates a curved rod, which is preferably cast integral with thedisk 0 and extends backward in the rear of thedisks, the distal endthereof being provided with an eye, 6, wherein the picture-cord G issecured. A lug,

e, is formed on the rod E adjacent to the notches or teeth I) in thedisk B, so as to fit in any of said notches.

The operation of my improved picture-frame hanger I will now describe.After the plate Ais attached to the picture-frame, the picture is hungupon the wall by connecting the cord G to the eye 6, and securing thecord to the wall by a nail,such as H. Then, supposing 0 it is desired tochange the inclination of the frame from thewall, the thumb-nut cl isturned, causing the disk 0 to be loosened, when said disk is turned tocause the engaging-lug c on the rod E to fit any one of the teeth b, andat 7 5 this point the nut d is tightened. In this manner, should it everbecome necessary to change the incline of the picture, the operation maybe completed without removing the same from the wall or changing thecord, as is the practice now in vogue.

My invention will prove an invaluable aid in focusing with mirrors.

.It will be observed that the notches or teeth are placed at the top andbottom of the disk B, the object of this being to provide for reversingeitherend of the disk, according as it is desired to be made eitherright or left handed. By turning the disk 0 half-way around, the rod Eis carried around, also and 0 adjusting in the notches at that end ofthe disk B, causing the bracket to be changed to the other side of thepicture-frame.

It is obvious that manyv changes in the details of construction maybemade in my de- 5 vice without departing from the spirit of myinvention, and they will readily suggest themselves to the mind of theskillful artisan.

I am aware that-a lantern has heretofore been secured to the dash-boardof a carriage loc of said disks being secured to the back of the lanternand the other being provided with an arm carrying a lamp. I do not claimsuch a construction as my invention; neither do I lay claim, broadly, toa picture-frame adjustably supported.

I do not wish to be limited to the use of the lug on the rod E to engagethe teeth or notches of one of the clamping-disks, as I am aware thatsuch construction may be omitted with out materially affecting theholding properties of the device. The securing and connecting bolt willserve to hold the sections sufliciently tight without any additionalmeans. For this purpose the beveled or flaring flange on one of thedisks or sections contributes in no small degree to prevent the sectionsor disks from slipping.

WVhat I claim is 1. In a picture support or hanger, the combination,with a bracket or base-plate, A, of

. disks B G,eonnected by a bolt and nut, pin, or

rivet, and provided with flanges, the flange on disk B being providedwith teeth or notches, and acord-attaehin g rod secured to disk 0,provided with alug to engage the teeth or notches, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

2. A picture-frame hanger comprising two disks detachably securedtogether, one of said disks being secured to the picture-frame,acordattaching rod carried by lthe other disk and engaging the disk onthe frame, and mechanism for-holding said rod to the wall, substantiallyas set forth.

8. A picture-frame hanger comprising two disks or sections clampedtogether, so as to be adjustable one upon the other, one of said disksbeing connected to the picture-frame, and an attaching-rod, E, securedto the other disk, and suspending means secured to said rod, as setforth.

4-. In combination with the clamping-disks B C, connected together by abolt and nut, pin, or rivet, said disks being attached to the frame of apicture or thclike, the cord-attaching rod E, fitted to one of the disksand adj ustablc on the others, as set forth.

5. In a picture support or hanger, the combination, with the base-plate,of the clampingdisks B G, the disk B having a flange, against which theedge of the disk 0 abuts, the cordconneeting rod extending from the diskC, and means for holding the disks together, substantially as described.

6. In a picture support or hanger, the combination, with the base-plate,of the clampingdisks B 0, having a common center, the disk B having aflange around its edge, against which'the edge of the disk 0 abuts, thecordconnecting rod extending from the disk G,and a clamping-bolt passedthrough the common centers of the clamping-disks and provided with athumb-nut on its screw-threaded end, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination, in a picture support or hanger, with the base-plate,of the clampingdisks B 0, having flanges, the flange on the disk B beingnotched along its edge, and the cord-connecting rod extending from thedisk G, and having a lug which engages the notches of the disk B, andprovided at its distant end with an eye, to which the cord is secured,substantially as specified.

8. In a picture or otherhanger, the bracket or base-plate A, adapted tobe attached to the object to be hung, the disk or section B, sccured tothe base-plate and having the flaring flange I), and the adjustable diskor section 0, havinga flange, 0, to fitwithin and bear with frictionalcontact against the flange b 0t the disk or section B, and the bolt andnut, pin, or rivet connecting the sections B O, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDlVABl) \VILKINSON.

\Vitnesses:

THOMAS FARLEY, Tnoams P. KERWIN.

